RE: DBU won't let me edit STDCU field in ITEMBL file

Hi Ed Chabot:

Thanks for your followup posting.

> "Did the people at ProData say there was a problem viewing fields
> over 15 positions with the earlier release of DBU?"

The lady I spoke to at ProData was not a technical support person.  Our company 
does not have a maintenance contract with them so I was only able to get 
limited information, such as:

1. Version 5.0 can be download off the Internet for a fee and maintenance 
contract setup charge (both apx. $1000) and it's available for both CISC & RISC 
systems; and

2. New version 6.0 won't work on our old CISC IBM AS/400 model.

I have our copy of the 1993 DBU User Guide and I can't seem to find information 
about field size limitations in there.  It's a rather "techi" written manual 
and most of it is over my head.

In discussions with our Info Systems person, he reminded me that the STDUC 
field is probably editable using the Mapics File Maintenance screen.  I checked 
there and I get an error message, "Cursor in protected area of display" on the 
Item Balance File Maintenance screen (AMI7A5).

I looked on the Help screen and it says in part, "If you are changing a record 
and chose Transaction History during application tailoring, you cannot change 
this field.  You must use a Standard Cost Replace (CS)transaction."

Can you tell me the specific IM (or other Mapics module) tailoring question 
they are referring to?

I think that I will end my attemps to use DBU to edit the STDUC field.  
Instead, I will opt to use the CS Inventory Transaction entries as suggested by 
the Help screen above.

I appreciate all your assistance and I look forward to hearing from you again 
at your convenience.

Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, OR
adlg@mail.rvi.net

---------- Your Original Mapics ML Reply Message ----------

>From: "Ed Chabot" <echabot@marlinfirearms.com>
>Reply-To: mapics-l@midrange.com
>Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:37:05 -0500

>Al,
>Did the people at ProData say there was a problem viewing fields over 15
>positions with the earlier release of DBU?  I'm relying on my memory and
>quite frankly, my memory has seen better days.
>
>Ed Chabot
>The Marlin Firearms Company
>100 Kenna Drive
>North Haven, CT 06473
>(203)985-3254
>